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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented May 25, 1909. Application led.September 18, 1908. Serial No. 453,619. y I i The end Wall 3 is providedwith a flap 12 having a reduced portion l2 in which is formed 1s alsoadapted,` to aline with. the passages 9 and 11. The endywall 4 isprovided with a rectangular iiap 14' which carries a tongue To all 'whomit may concern: folded position.l

Be it .known that I, CHARLES E. BOBERG, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fort Vortli, in the county of Tarrant and State of Texas,have .invented new and useful Improvements in Boxes, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to the class of paper receptacles, and moreparticularly to boxes adapted for use in the transportation ofmailmatter, and'has for an object to provide a device of the characterwhich may be manufactured at a relatively low figure, and which when inan operative position will provide means to hold the walls of the'receptacle locked to prevent tampering with the contents ofthereceptacle. f

A further object of the invention is` to provide a receptacle which maybe stamped from a single piece of material, and which will include novelmeans for reinforcing the corners ofsaid receptacle.

Vith these and other ends in view which willl appear as the nature ofthe inventionv is better understood, the same consists in the improvedconstruction and novel arrangeinentand combination of parts which willrial 1(3.

As shown in Fig. 2, the flap 14 is folded to lie in parallel spacedrelation to the bot-v tom 2, the tongue. 15 of the flap being bent atright angles and is passed through the passage .11 formedfin the Hap 10,is afterward passed through the `passage 9 and is finally .passedthrough the assage formed in the Hap 12. It will thus e seen that theadhesive materialupon the tongue 15 may be inloistened, and said tonguemay be bent at right angles whereby saidadhesive material may bepermanently enga ed with the outer surface of the flap 10 as will bereadily understood. v t

A device as herein set forth and described is extremely simple inconstruction, may be manufactured at a relatively low figure and byconstructing the tongues 16 as Vherein shown, it walls of the receptacle`in a locked position dui-ing transportation of said receptacle. `Theweb portions 7 serve as means to prevent the contents of the box frommaking 'its escapel through the corners, and these web portions also'serve to reinforce the receptacle at the corners thereof.

Upon reference to Fig. 1 after being passed Ithrough the passage 9 ispassed throuoh Athe passage 9, and if desired, the said tongue may belarly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings have been illustrated a simple andpreferred form of invention; it being, however, understood# that nolimitationis necessarily made to the precise ,details therein exhibited,but that changes, alterationsy and-modifications within the scope 'oftheinvention may be resorted to when desirable.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a viev of the present invention, transversesection view, Fig. 3 plan view of the blank.

Referring now more particularly to the there is shown a receptacle 1which is formed from a single blank of material 3 of the drawing, anwhich comprises a bottom wall 2 provided with end walls 3 and 4, andside walls 5 and G respectively. The end and side walls are connected atthe corners of the bottom 2 by web portions 7 lfor a purpose to behereinafter. described. The sidewwall 5 carries a flap 8 in whichisformed passages 9 and 9?, and the side wall-.6 is provided witha-similar flap 10 in which is formed a passage 11 ada ted'to aline withthe passage 9 formed lhe flap 8 when the receptacle is in its moistenedat its outer.l end so that it can "adhere to the under side of the flapl8. l

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new,` is

1. Areceptacle com D end walls and` side wa ls integral therewith, a webforming an integral connection at each corner of said receptacle betweenthe end wall and itsco-acting side wall adapted to` fold on itself andreinforce the corner of the receptacle, the end and side walls carry'.ing flaps to form the to of thereceptacle, the flaps of the side wal sand one end wall having slots alining with each other and the other `endwall having a strap .struck from the Jcentral portion thereof andprojected through the slots of the other flaps to hold the" receptacleclosed.

perspective Fig. 2 is a is a detail the passage 13 which 15 ,provided onone side with adhesive mateeectively serves to hold the.-

the tongue 1 5 Correctoln inl Letters;L Patent No. 923,111.A

2. A receptacle comprising a bottomiwall, end Walls, side Walls, saidreceptacle having web portions connecting the side With the end Walls,flaps carried by said end and 5 side walls, a plurality of said flapsbeing provided With alining passages, and one of said side Wall flapshaving a second passage therethrough and a locking tongue carried by oneof said flaps threaded through said 10 alining passages and projectedthrough said second passage to hold said receptacle closed.

3. A ,boX formed of a single piece of n1aterial and comprising a, bottomWall, side and end Walls, flaps on said side and end once.

[SEAL] Signed and sealed this 15th day of June, A. D., 1909.

walls folded upon each other to lie in parallel spaced relation to thebottom to form the lop and three of said flaps having alining slotseo-extensive in Width With said slots and cui-tied on one side struckfrom the central portion of one of said Haps and projected through allthe other aps to hold the receptacle closed. y

In testimony whereof I atlx my signature in ,the presence of twoWitnesses.

CHARLES ED. BOBERG. Witnesses S. J. MAsTIN, 11. R. SHEDD.

It is hereby'eertiied that in Letters Patent No. 923,111, granted May25, 1909. upon the application of' Charles Ed. Boberg, of Fort Vtorth,Texas, for an improvement in Boxes, an error appears in the printedspecification requiring correction, as follows: In line 18, page 2,after the word slots, first occurrence, the Words and a tongue should beinserted; and that the said- Letters, Patent should be, read with 'thiscorrection therein that the same may conform to the record of the casein the Patent o. C. BILLINGS, Acting Commiss'ioner of Patente.'

Correctoln inl Letters;L Patent No. 923,111.A

2. A receptacle comprising a bottomiwall, end Walls, side Walls, saidreceptacle having web portions connecting the side With the end Walls,flaps carried by said end and 5 side walls, a plurality of said flapsbeing provided With alining passages, and one of said side Wall flapshaving a second passage therethrough and a locking tongue carried by oneof said flaps threaded through said 10 alining passages and projectedthrough said second passage to hold said receptacle closed.

3. A ,boX formed of a single piece of n1aterial and comprising a, bottomWall, side and end Walls, flaps on said side and end once.

[SEAL] Signed and sealed this 15th day of June, A. D., 1909.

walls folded upon each other to lie in parallel spaced relation to thebottom to form the lop and three of said flaps having alining slotseo-extensive in Width With said slots and cui-tied on one side struckfrom the central portion of one of said Haps and projected through allthe other aps to hold the receptacle closed. y

In testimony whereof I atlx my signature in ,the presence of twoWitnesses.

CHARLES ED. BOBERG. Witnesses S. J. MAsTIN, 11. R. SHEDD.

It is hereby'eertiied that in Letters Patent No. 923,111, granted May25, 1909. upon the application of' Charles Ed. Boberg, of Fort Vtorth,Texas, for an improvement in Boxes, an error appears in the printedspecification requiring correction, as follows: In line 18, page 2,after the word slots, first occurrence, the Words and a tongue should beinserted; and that the said- Letters, Patent should be, read with 'thiscorrection therein that the same may conform to the record of the casein the Patent o. C. BILLINGS, Acting Commiss'ioner of Patente.'

Correction in Letters Patent No. 923,111

It is hereby certified that in L upon the application of Charles Ed. fin Boxes, a lows: In line 18, page 2, after the word j should beinserted; and that the said correction therein that the s Signed andsealed this 15th d [SEAL] Boberg, of Fort W slots,

tion requiring corriJ first occurrence, the words Patent should be reaay of June, A. D., 1909.

orth, Texas, for an improvement climi, as foland a tongue d with this C.C. BILLINGS,

of Patents.

